Editorial
Despite the surprise,
board's pay raise OK
l.usl wt't'k | hr SI,ill1 Hoard ol i I lalll
(,iti<>11 volt'll into cllct t salarx .iml «*xj>*•!»s«* .it t until m
i riMM's lor iltr t li.tnt flloi < ■ t tlir stair sxsirm .inti 11 if
presidents ol llir si.ilc s rinhl < olle^es •«n«i universities
I ilt1 increases .nr retroactive to )an I anil will
i ost tin- si.ilc .1 total ol $57 420 really not vrix much
inoni'v in llir nit'iili'i sl lii'ini' "I things I rifortunalelx
the i,lisr was i lomli'il li\ what Jim Sellers direr lor ol
i ol n ill tt n it at to n s |oi llir slatr svsli'in i.illi'd a xtoul
up "
Kit haul t h'lislf \ ho.ml (i ri ■ s 111 »* i i I. hroti^hl I hi* pro
posal Iml ore ihi' I io.li 11 w it hot 11 am ptioi not i In at ion It
was not 11s11• 11 in tin- hoard s agenda hoard mi'inbi'is
didn't hav.i* am inhumation on tin- proposal in thru
mrrlim: pat kets and nrithrr llir puhlii nor llir prrss
W as aw al r ol I hi' possible ini ICilsr
Sii p pi 1st 'ill'. Hrnslrx thought hoard mrmbris had
in rivril llir inlornialion ahoiil llir mi irasr And Si ll
i■ i s said llial it was onl\ at i idrntal Ili.tl Ibex didn I jjrl
llir intoriiiation hrlorr llir nirrting Sellers said ! .hair
i r 11 ol rllonias dal ill'll • ii>;(;rslrd llir lliiir.isr lo Urns
|r\ atIrl llir lai nils rrr rix rtl a 'i percent salarx mi irasr
ellectix r jail I
So llir agenda addition look hoard inriiihris h\
sniplisr too and sninr did j*ripr puhlu l\ aholit wish
nij> tliex il had llir mloi inatlou earlier Perhaps inriu
hri's lU'lr alia id llir sudilrn pa\ i.lisr would hr virwril
as a <Iirt\ tin k similar lo llir in nil pax llikr pulled oil
11\ llir I S (.onijrcss
II that's llir i asr wr d likr lo ease llirii tears I hr
slalr sxslrui pax raisr dors nol Ions seem inappropri
ate and d xvr'd had llir i ham r (o rx.iiiunr il hrlorr
hand wr would have hern lor il
\s infill min'd tai it i I \ salaries were raised > pin
i flit this i.nsf would boost tin* salaries of adiuiuistra
tors .it i’x.ii tl\ tin* s.mif r.itf I lif tot»it l ost to tin- slalf
sIikIiIK iiioii* ill.in S ill (lOti is .1 bargain investment in
keeping i|ii.ililv .nlinimstiators in stall*
lli.it s.inl it must also hf nntfil lh.it uliili* tins
sin.ill mi tease is tolfi.ililf am lurtlifi sal.nv raises
uliiiti uill cun* dav Inn nine neiessan slmulil wait
until llif stale I .eg isl.ilme makes a ( nniniltinelit to n*
111■ i<I liighei film alum (airrenlh sliulenls an* earn
ing the load Im these salary increases. through higher
tuitions I II,it i an t i onliime students shouldn't lie
I n it ed i ait ol an eiltli at ion
liighei education is a liu kv business It's also a
i.imipetiti\ e one It is important to lie able to hire and
maintain tpinlitv administrators lot our colleges and
umwnsilies Without a competilive salarv and benefit
|in< kage we would not lie able to hue the kind ol peo
ple we want tm our higher education s\stem and
without i.uses we wouldn't be able to keep them here
to ensure that the svstem grows and improves
lr» h** tvs inn,
C&JUffrr.ftm
"It says the deplorable state of our education system may HELP us compete globally.
Our competitors are celebrating with champagne from California."
State should change Sports Action lottery
It is intended tu help college athletit s. It
is supposed In make up lui thr money tin*
stale didn't allot ate loi its t ollege sports
loams It is expet tod to bring in an oslimatod
$H million a \ oai
It is tin* Sports At-tion lotion and it s
ku kod oil vot anollioi i nntrnversy
\ovor mind tlio dobato ovoi tin; wisdom
ol bankrolling college athletics oil a lotlorv
game or tlio various lawsuits lilt'd against
Sports Action b\ tbo Nlalion.il football
League ami National basketball Assot iation
I ho iiovvost dispute is t ontoroil on tlio sports
programs not getting tlio monot at all
liotuoon ( )t tolioi and December ol last
yoar. Sports At tion showed a $1 t> million
profit The money was inltmtlt'tl to bind i ol
logo athletic departments. but instead it
wont to make! up a shortfall in tlio regular
Megabut ks lottery game
Lottery officials bail expet 'ted a 12-per
t:ent mt rease in Megabut ks sales tor the ()<
tobei December tpiarter. totaling Slti.2 mil
lion. The money didn't come in. and be
cause ol a small (and up until now, little
known) clause in the Sports Action bill, the
sports lottery had to make up the difference
The clause was a compromise the bill’s
sponsor. 1 louse Majority Leader David l)i\.
I) Kugene had to makt* In gel it passed last
sunimci u llit? general happiness at getting
the spurt-. lottery. athletic officials either
didn't notice, nr didn't care, about the
c lause They re regretting it now
One possible; outcome out ot all this is a
drop in the amount of Sports Ac tion partic i
pillion People who placed the game, think
ingthey were helping college athletic binds.
v\ 111 surely he turned off by having their ef
forts taken from the very program the\ were
trying to help
Ole Oregon lottery owes the- Sports Ac
lion fund $1.1) million, and it the Megahuc ks
game ewer has a surplus, the money will be
repaved Kven so. it doesn't make tip for the
anger at seeing expet ted revenues get
stripped away .it the hist moment
The only solution is to repeal the c lause
that requires Sports Action to make up Ore
gon buttery shortfalls The two games have
different reasons for being in existence.
Sports Action helps college athletics, the
regular lottery contributes to economic de
velopment. They should be kept separate,
and non-dependent cm each other.
Letters_
Take a stand
rhc students .it tin' I'niv ersi
H .ire in danger of havin# their
i us! ut edut ation nest ve.ir rise
.1 iniitiinurn Sinn lh.it tr.ins
lates to .1 Sinn per term in
i reuse This ini reuse will no to
.in insur.nu e agent v hei ause
lie.ilth iiisiir.ini e will he man
dalnrv lor all students who at
tend the I hiiversiti
On Dim 1. l‘IH‘1 In a » 1
vote, the ASt O Student Health
Insiirani e ( nniniitleo derided
on a plan tor mil pen ent pal
III ip.ilion in the ASt () health
plan I nder this proposal e\
er\ student regardless ot tlleir
i overage under an\ other
health plan, would he required
to pun liase the ASt () plan at a
i ost ol SJ'iti to S inn t 111111111'.
this plan is sen ii mg around
1 .1)0 students, less than 111 pel
i ent of the student boih
On Dei la. (terrs Moselev
Vli e provost and Head ol Stu
dent Serve es wrote Si ott
Uvikolt ASl'O Vice-president
and SHK i hairinan. requesting
Pave 2
.m .mic'xliiicnl mi thr iit.incl.iti>
r\ proposal adtoi .iting <i pi.in
v\ illi .1 rrslrif ti'il statsei pnlu \
l itis prupns.il tvoiiltl require
ill,it c\ i>, \ >i i ilent Iw insured
lull him uni' 1111)1111 rei five ,i
ss.llvel I IS M'l In lif lift lilftl
Thf i nst nl thf plan will in
i rease. abuse $100 varying nn
hnv\ restricted the waiver still
hf I'hf lonser the wait it. thf
higher the i nst of the plan
The University I)fhum rats
haw vnlfii In ifjcc I ant form of
niaiulatory insurance ne\t yeat
W'f recpifst other groups and
sludfiils In take a stand nn this
matter, and let Si ntt U yi knit
and Andy Ulark knnsv lints tun
feel
Koliert (Kenneth
('hairman
l niversitt Demin rats
Hughesphobic
There are two things that I
would like to sat regarding
I mi Hughes' letter ()n sm k
inn I(>l)l Ian Ift)
1) I am Utterly . nia/nd the
/•meru/</ would publish sin h a
( Ollipletelv lasteles I (
garbage in .1 dai . pulilu
uewspa|ier Ihe passage
In..unlit In mind Mime nt the
stellar literal ! masterpiei es I
have had the pleasure to read
1111 tile walls nl rest areas tin In
terstate a
2) To Hughes gimme a
break I am so tired of hearing
vou si ream "homuphohii "
while at the same time vou gu
about < ainpus making your
group look foolish
(lase in point \\ itli ''()n
sill king" I believe vou have
sin 1 eeded ill rei ruiting a
whole new following ot
homophobes Hopetullv this
is not the i ase HupefulK . there
w ill only be an im rease in the
number ot "Ilughespluibu s"
people afraid ot Hughes and
what stupid thing he will do
next
Mu hnel keep
Kugene
Etymology
Mam agree tin- expression
sou sui k should ho "jolti
soiled" as Tim Hughes sug
gosis |ODE |an la) However,
lluglies only offers one possible
origin "you sm k (and are
therefore a disgusting faggot)
From this fie deduces the
words are homophobe bigoted
and ignorantly used
It's true mam of us don't
know tfie original meaning of
\ ou sm k. ' lint it s unfair to
limit the meaning to ga\ peo
ple
For many. ' you suck’' means
"you're stupid." or "it suiks"
means "it's louse With some
looking. Hughes might have
disc overed "you sui k in
nonsexual contexts, sui h as to
lie a sponge a i heat, or a dupe
Also worth noting is the l.at
in ctvmologv ol "to sill k "
felare. which includes the root
"fe." meaning "to sui kle
T he root is found in fellatio (for
hoili ge\s and non-gavs) and in
female
I 1111litTnii>i<■. it's possible tllf
vrrli lu silt k did not origi
nati* in tin' genitalia. Imt from
mi it lit*r lu li.ilic (note lion sc\u
al use in Miitthnw I'I) In
7 Vie H.irnh.irt IIn lion.in oI I'I\
n ml Ilf'S (IIW Wilson Co .
1'JHH). si.inn use is s.od to ( nine
from ".i figurative sense of .i
young animal, hence a naive
person "
l'sing Hughes' logic. I might
deduce that "you sin k" is a de
rogatory remark toward chil
dren or better yet. the fe
male, who gives sui kle to her
young.
My point is "you sui k" is an
offensive expression applying
to everyone "devalue"
comes into pla\ regardless ot
sexual preference It's best that
people know more than one
possible origin m order to more
properly evaluate and jelti
son" the expression
(conifer Price
English